Read the passage, and then answer the questions below. Each question is worth 5 points. Everyone wants to be happy. Happiness feels good. It’s also good for you. People who study how we think and feel say that being happy makes life better.

A research study was done with children. A person wearing a white coat told one group to think about things that made them happy. The other group wasn’t told anything. Then both groups learned how to do something new. The group that thought about happy things learned better than the others.

Not just children get benefits from happiness. Research shows that that happy people work better at jobs. They get more work done. Happy people also tend to make more money than people who aren’t happy.

Being happy at work has a lot of benefits. Happiness is good out of the office, too. Happy people have more friends. Also, there have been studies about happy people and being married. Happy people are more likely to walk down the aisle than people who aren’t happy. It makes sense that these happy people also tend to stay married.

Maybe the best thing about happiness is that it’s good for your health. Happy people aren’t often sick. They live longer, too.

Today, people still study happiness. They want to use what they learn to help people be happy, because when the lights go out, what people really want is to say they have been happy all day.
Multiple-Choice Questions (1 point each)

1. What is this passage mostly about?
A. Why being happy is good for people.
B. How to learn what to do to be happy.
C. Why happy people have more friends.
D. How to study people who are happy.
2. Which shows that happiness is good for health?
A. Happy people do better at work.
B. Happy people are sick less often.
C. Happy people have more friends.
D. Happy people tend to stay married.
3. Who was the person wearing a white coat?
A. A teacher.
B. A lawyer.
C. A student.
D. A scientist.
4. What can you infer that the people who walked down the aisle were doing?
A. looking for something they lost.
B. searching for a job.
C. getting married.
D. moving to a new home.
5. In the last paragraph, what can you infer from the words "when the lights go out"?
A. The electricity went out because of a storm.
B. It's night time.
C. Someone forgot to pay the light bill.
D. Someone turned off the lights.
Short-Answer Questions (3 points each)

1. Tell what this passage is mostly about. Use at least two examples from the passage in your answer.

2. Write the words from the passage that help you know that a scientist is involved.

3. How do you know that the time implied by the words "when the lights go out" is night time?

4. Which words from paragraph 4 gives a clue about what the people were doing when they walked down the aisle? Explain how this helps you make an inference about walking down the aisle.

5. Why does the writer tell about the study with children? Use an example from the passage in your answer.